Month: August 2024
News24 | Good rainfall forecast for summer, will bode well for crops
There are early predictions of La Niña returning later this year, bringing more rainfall which will be positive for South Africa's summer crops, says an agricultural economist.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Better, not bitter: ANC deploys task team to tackle unstable, dysfunctional municipalities
The ANC's national executive committee has identified unstable and dysfunctional municipalities as one of the "weaknesses" that contributed to a decline in the party's electoral support.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We are used to scrambling eggs’: Africa Energy upbeat about SA gas finds even as partners exit
Upbeat as Africa Energy may be about the offshore gas finds, it is not naive to the enormous challenges which lie ahead in developing the discoveries.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Global students flock to SA universities for a rich cultural and academic experience
French student Kamay de Souza, 20, can confidently string together a simple sentence in Afrikaans after being taught the language for barely two weeks at Stellenbosch University (SU).
Continue ReadingNews24 | R6m insurance scam murder: Domestic worker’s mother wants answers from alleged killer
The nurse accused of killing her 21-year-old domestic worker to receive proceeds from life insurance policies worth R6 million allegedly prevented the victim's mother from communicating with her child.
Continue ReadingNews24 | CAPTURE CHRONICLES | Controversial KZN accountant bagged almost R8m from Mhlathuze Water bonanza
Roshan Morar, the now deceased former chairperson of Ithala Development Finance Corporation and a former director of the PIC, was irregularly paid almost R8 million in funds siphoned from Mhlathuze Water.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Death and dysfunction: Murdered corruption investigator kept death threat fears secret from bosses
Slain City of Johannesburg investigator Zenzele Benedict Sithole feared for his life and hid his concerns from his superiors in the beleaguered internal anti-corruption unit.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Between principle and power: Too cold outside the ANC for the SACP and Cosatu?
SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila continues to complain about the government of national unity that involves its opponent, the "liberal" DA. Mapaila doesn't realise that the ANC's decline is also a reflection of the SACP's own decline, writes Mpumelelo Mkhabela.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Groundhog Day: A desperately unlucky Akani Simbine has again missed out on a major champs medal
Despite heeding every lesson he needed to, laying out a plan to peak on exactly the right day at the Olympics, Akani Simbine will wake up to a familiar nightmare - not winning a major championship medal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rob Houwing | Harsh Bok reality: Only one win over Wallabies could quickly trim dreams
The prospect of the All Blacks clean-sweeping the Pumas lifts the onus on the Boks to follow suit in Australia, writes Rob Houwing.
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